Most of us get only a limited view of black history in school. Even during Black History Month we get stories of Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, and maybe George Washington Carver. We get abolition and the Civil Rights Movement, ignoring contributions in literally every other field. Mathematics. Business. Music. Art. Science. THat's where books like this one come in. If the public school system fails us then people like Mangal will take up the task. I'd never heart of Just. He achieved amazing discoveries with a microscope that was barely better than a hand lens. And Mangal doesn't hesitate to tell the reader the way that American society dismissed this amazing scientist doe to his race. Better to acknowledge the prejudice so that we can learn from it.
More information: The Vast Wonder of the World releases November 1.
Advanced Reader Copy provided by NetGalley.
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